Comments on: Feingold To Attempt Censure: Nutroots® Applaud http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Heretik » Blog Archive » Taking Flight http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-74814 The Heretik » Blog Archive » Taking Flight Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:08:34 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-74814 [...] This proves Bush is right about like um everything: “If people like Democrat Russ Feingold and the folks at the ACLU had their way this attack probably could have been carried out. Which just goes to show how these people put politics and “beating Bush” over national security.” [...] [...] This proves Bush is right about like um everything: “If people like Democrat Russ Feingold and the folks at the ACLU had their way this attack probably could have been carried out. Which just goes to show how these people put politics and “beating Bush” over national security.” [...]

]]> By: matt http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14438 matt Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:59:18 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14438 better late than never. i just want to point out...as a few already have, how lame the republican talking points have become. there is no room for debate. its like we are trapped in a closet and the lights are out and no one will come and let us out. "i feel like i'm taking crazy pills." better late than never. i just want to point out…as a few already have, how lame the republican talking points have become. there is no room for debate. its like we are trapped in a closet and the lights are out and no one will come and let us out. “i feel like i’m taking crazy pills.”

]]> By: Donkey Stomp http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14086 Donkey Stomp Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:12:04 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14086 <strong>Feingold Seeks to Censure President Bush</strong> If an NSA agent is listening in on Osama Bin Laden himself, and Bin Laden calls a citizen of the United States of America, should that NSA agent hang up the phone? Feingold Seeks to Censure President Bush

If an NSA agent is listening in on Osama Bin Laden himself, and Bin Laden calls a citizen of the United States of America, should that NSA agent hang up the phone?

]]> By: Dennis http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14067 Dennis Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:05:50 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14067 I don't think Feingold is playing politics - everything I've seen of him indicates he tends to be fairly idealistic, and even when I disagree with him, I admire him because he doesn't seem to have fallen into that reflexive anti-Bush fury that seems to have taken over much of the left. That said, I wonder if this will hurt Democrats in the end. They clearly have decided they don't want to campaign on this issue, and Feingold is forcing them to take a stand. He may be idealistic, but most politicians are not and prefer to wiggle around. I don’t think Feingold is playing politics – everything I’ve seen of him indicates he tends to be fairly idealistic, and even when I disagree with him, I admire him because he doesn’t seem to have fallen into that reflexive anti-Bush fury that seems to have taken over much of the left.

That said, I wonder if this will hurt Democrats in the end. They clearly have decided they don’t want to campaign on this issue, and Feingold is forcing them to take a stand. He may be idealistic, but most politicians are not and prefer to wiggle around.

]]> By: Publius Rendezvous http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14061 Publius Rendezvous Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:37:53 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14061 <strong>First Censor, Now Censure</strong> Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), forever known as the “Feingold” in the “McCain-Feingold” legislation limiting our 1st Amendment rights, recently called for a censure of the President. Essentially, Sen. Feingold wishes to rebuke... First Censor, Now Censure

Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), forever known as the “Feingold” in the “McCain-Feingold” legislation limiting our 1st Amendment rights, recently called for a censure of the President. Essentially, Sen. Feingold wishes to rebuke…

]]> By: M.A. http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14043 M.A. Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:46:03 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14043 <i>America is involved in war. And it has a fifth column in its midst that is preparing to stab its brave soldies in the back.</i> Oh, those 2004 talking points. So cute. Conservatives are like hippies still talking about free love. Serious people have moved on to serious issues, like the fact that Presidents can't just ignore laws they don't like. America is involved in war. And it has a fifth column in its midst that is preparing to stab its brave soldies in the back.

Oh, those 2004 talking points. So cute. Conservatives are like hippies still talking about free love. Serious people have moved on to serious issues, like the fact that Presidents can’t just ignore laws they don’t like.

]]> By: Con George-Kotzabasis http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14042 Con George-Kotzabasis Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:28:04 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14042 America is involved in war. And it has a fifth column in its midst that is preparing to stab its brave soldies in the back. Any responsible government would use the necessary and effective means to prevent this from happening. The Bush administration is doing no less. Senator Feingold by playing cheap politics with this vital issue of protecting America from its internal enemies, is "cheapening" the protection of America, hence, making him completely unqualified, and most of the other Democratic senators, from taking the reins of leadership in these dangerous times for America and the world. But history will have the final say and confine Feingold to the obscurity he deserves. http://congeorgekotzabasis.blogspot.com America is involved in war. And it has a fifth column in its midst that is preparing to stab its brave soldies in the back. Any responsible government would use the necessary and effective means to prevent this from happening. The Bush administration is doing no less.

Senator Feingold by playing cheap politics with this vital issue of protecting America from its internal enemies, is “cheapening” the protection of America, hence, making him completely unqualified, and most of the other Democratic senators, from taking the reins of leadership in these dangerous times for America and the world. But history will have the final say and confine Feingold to the obscurity he deserves.

http://congeorgekotzabasis.blogspot.com

]]> By: M.A. http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14040 M.A. Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:41:12 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14040 Feingold doesn't do "election year ploys" -- whatever you want to say about him, he doesn't really do stuff out of political calculation. (See, on the one hand, his being the only one to vote against the original Patriot Act, and on the other hand, his vote to confirm Chief Justice Roberts. Neither vote made any kind of political sense at the time.) I doubt the other Democrats will go along with it, but it's too bad, because it is a good idea. Bush ignored a law that was meant to prevent exactly the kind of behavior he engaged in; Congress has at the very least a moral duty to say, on the record, that he shouldn't have broken the law. Instead of what they're doing, which is change the law retroactively to make Bush's actions legal. Oh, and if you're depending on the Senate Republicans to make the case for Bush's actions, you'll be sorely disappointed. Did you see Frist responding to Feingold's announcement? A bigger bunch of pointless, outdated talking points that no one believes any more (the President is acting boldly and making us safer, Feingold is giving aid and comfort to the enemy, yada yada). The Republicans totally think it's still 2004. Feingold doesn’t do “election year ploys” — whatever you want to say about him, he doesn’t really do stuff out of political calculation. (See, on the one hand, his being the only one to vote against the original Patriot Act, and on the other hand, his vote to confirm Chief Justice Roberts. Neither vote made any kind of political sense at the time.)

I doubt the other Democrats will go along with it, but it’s too bad, because it is a good idea. Bush ignored a law that was meant to prevent exactly the kind of behavior he engaged in; Congress has at the very least a moral duty to say, on the record, that he shouldn’t have broken the law. Instead of what they’re doing, which is change the law retroactively to make Bush’s actions legal.

Oh, and if you’re depending on the Senate Republicans to make the case for Bush’s actions, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Did you see Frist responding to Feingold’s announcement? A bigger bunch of pointless, outdated talking points that no one believes any more (the President is acting boldly and making us safer, Feingold is giving aid and comfort to the enemy, yada yada). The Republicans totally think it’s still 2004.

]]> By: Don Surber http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14030 Don Surber Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:38:45 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14030 <strong>Fool's Feingold</strong> The problem is were there "wiretaps of Americans"? A wiretap is defined as either a bug put in someone's room to eavesdrop on conversations or a device used to monitor communications. So far, no one has complained that electronic bugs are are ... Fool’s Feingold

The problem is were there “wiretaps of Americans”?

A wiretap is defined as either a bug put in someone’s room to eavesdrop on conversations or a device used to monitor communications.

So far, no one has complained that electronic bugs are are …

]]> By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » A Gift From The Left http://informedspeculation.com/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/comment-page-1/#comment-14028 Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » A Gift From The Left Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:23:36 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/03/12/feingold-to-attempt-censure-nutroots%c2%ae-applaud/#comment-14028 [...] Decision ‘08 Technorati Tags: Bush Censure Feingold nsa Wiretaps Filed in: Moonbats, War On Terror, Politics, NSA Wiretap's | No Comments » [...] [...] Decision ‘08 Technorati Tags: Bush Censure Feingold nsa Wiretaps Filed in: Moonbats, War On Terror, Politics, NSA Wiretap’s | No Comments » [...]

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